Sun, 09/11/2011 - 21:00

Hastings: Baze guides Class Included to British Columbia Oaks victory

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Class Included gets a perfectly timed ride from Russell Baze in the British Columbia Oaks.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Russell Baze showed why he has won the most races in the world with a perfect ride aboard Class Included  in the $100,000 British Columbia Oaks at Hastings on Sunday.

Sun, 09/11/2011 - 18:45

Belmont pick six carryover of nearly $44,000 for Wednesday's card

There will be a pick six carryover of $43,687 entering Wednesday’s card at Belmont Park after the wager went unhit Sunday.

The winning sequence of 8-4-7-4-7-14 consisted of  Mr. Enrico ($56.80), Bold Warrior ($9.20), Somali Lemonade ($22.40), Compliance Officer ($5.80), Richmond County ($48.40), and Spina ($5.30). The consolation payout (5 of 6) returned $14,562.

The pick six will begin with race 4 (2:35 p.m. Eastern) and has five races scheduled for the turf including the $60,000 Jazzy Stakes.

Sun, 09/11/2011 - 18:09

Belmont: Compliance Officer takes fourth straight in Ashley Cole Handicap

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Compliance Officer, claimed for $25,000 in May, collects his second straight stakes victory in the Ashley Cole Handicap.

Compliance Officer continued his ascension through the New York-bred turf division with a decisive 3 1/2-length victory in Sunday’s $100,000 Ashley T. Cole Handicap at Belmont Park.

 The win was the fourth straight for Compliance Officer since being claimed by owner Thomas LaMarca and trainer Bruce Brown for $25,000 in May. His wins have come in allowance races at six furlongs and seven furlongs, the West Point Stakes at Saratoga at 1 1/16 miles , and the Cole at 1 1/8 miles.

Sun, 09/11/2011 - 17:44

Canterbury Park: Atta Boy Roy connects as favorite in Shot of Gold

SHAKOPEE, Minn. – Graded stakes winner Atta Boy Roy seized the lead from front -runner Humble Smarty at the half-mile pole and went on to capture the $35,000 Shot of Gold Stakes on closing day Sunday at Canterbury Park.

Sun, 09/11/2011 - 16:17

Woodbine: Indian Evening finishes strong in Swynford

Michael Burns
Indian Evening, under Tyler Pizarro, to draw clear to a three-length victory in the Swynford.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario — Indian Evening made an eye-catching move on the turn under Tyler Pizarro, en route to an convincing score in the $152,700 Swynford Stakes for 2-year-olds at Woodbine on Sunday.

Sun, 09/11/2011 - 14:35

Belmont: Hungry Island, Winter Memories work towards Garden City rematch

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Hungry Island wins Sunday’s Grade 2 Lake Placid Stakes at Saratoga.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Lake Placid winner Hungry Island and beaten Lake Placid favorite Winter Memories both put in workouts Sunday morning at Belmont Park in preparation for their rematch in next Saturday’s Grade 1 Garden City Stakes.

 Hungry Island, who has won four consecutive races, breezed at daybreak on Belmont’s main track, going four furlongs in 47.43 seconds and galloping out five furlongs in 1:00.08 for trainer Shug McGaughey.

Sun, 09/11/2011 - 13:00

Hastings: Martin Garcia unable to ride in British Columbia Derby

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Frank Fuentes, shown winning the Strawberry Morn aboard Wando Woman in July, will sub for Martin Garcia on Hurricane Lake in Sunday's British Columbia Derby.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Jockey Martin Garcia is off all his mounts at Hastings on Sunday because he wasn’t able to secure the proper work permits required to ride in Canada.

Garcia had mounts in four of the six stakes races carded, including Hurricane Lake in the Grade 3, $200,000 British Columbia Derby.

Trainer Mike Mitchell named local journeyman Frank Fuentes to replace Garcia on Hurricane Lake.

 

Sun, 09/11/2011 - 12:49

Breeders' Cup Classic becomes Prayer for Relief's major target

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Prayer for Relief earned his second consecutive 98 Beyer Speed Figure for his win in Saturday's Super Derby at Louisiana Downs.

BOSSIER CITY, La.- Trainer Bob Baffert said on Sunday morning that Prayer for Relief has put himself in position for a start in the Breeders’ Cup Classic after winning his third consecutive graded stakes in the Super Derby on Saturday. The horse wired the field in the Grade 2, $500,000 race at Louisiana Downs, and earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 98. The number equaled the career-best figure he had put up one start earlier in the Grade 2 West Virginia Derby.

Sun, 09/11/2011 - 12:12

Laurel: Apprentice rider Battula out for extended period with back injury

Apprentice rider Aparna Battula, 24, is expected to miss six to eight weeks after sustaining a compression fracture in her back in a spill during Friday’s fourth race at Laurel Park.

Battula was injured when her mount, Just Once, clipped heels with Basketball Belle near the quarter pole and the jockey was thrown to the ground.

Sun, 09/11/2011 - 11:58

Belmont: Former New York turf champion Banrock retired following illness

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Banrock won the Kingston in 2008 and 2009.

ELMONT, N.Y. - On the day Belmont Park was to host the 36th running of the Ashley T. Cole Handicap, a two-time winner of the race was retired.

 The 8-year-old Banrock, who won the Cole in 2008-09, will not run again, trainer Tom Bush confirmed Sunday. Banrock was diagnosed with an unspecified viral disease. He spent about two weeks at the Mid Atlantic Equine Medical Center in Ringoes, N.J., before returning to Bush’s Belmont Park barn earlier in the week.